The prophecy made by the
Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 4:1-5 has come to pass in our day. All over the world
men, and women, and boys, and girls gather in religious assemblies. Some are
very solemn. Others can barely be distinguished from dance hall revelry. But
they gather in the name of Christ to worship God. They read the Bible, say
their prayers, invoke God’s blessing, and give their money. They are devoted.
They are sincere. But they are lost! They have faith; but theirs is a false
faith. They have hope; but their hope is a delusion. Having been led and taught
by blind and ignorant men, “They will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts...they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears...They turn away their ears from the truth and
(have been) turned into fables.”

I am not talking about Hindus, Buddhist, and
Muslims. I am talking about men and women who profess to know, worship, trust,
and serve the living God by faith in his Son Jesus Christ, through the power of
the Holy Spirit. I am talking about our friends, relatives, and neighbors. I am
talking about many of you. You have turned away from the truth and have been
turned unto fables. Do I have your attention? If you will pay attention to the
Word of God, God just might teach you something.

You
know what a fable is. It is a brief story, dreamed up by a man to teach a
moral, ethical lesson, but factually it is a lie. Here are three common
religious fables, dreamed up by men to teach people moral principles. They are
universally embraced, proclaimed, and defended. These three fables are
constantly presented throughout the city, across this country and around the
world in this day of man centered religion as the very truth of God. But they
are, in fact, lies which are damning to the souls of all who believe them.

We hear from every quarter
that “God loves everyone.” You can
read it on church signs, bumper stickers, and bridges all across this country.
But it is a bald faced lie. God does not love everyone. He never has. Nowhere
does the Bible say or imply that he does. If God loves everybody, he has a
mighty strange way of showing it. Try preaching that those who perished in the
flood, the sons of Korah, the damned in hell. They know better! The fact is,
the Bible plainly tells us that God does not love everyone. Have you never read
in his Word where God said, he hates all workers of iniquity and that he is
angry with the wicked every day? Did you never read, “Jacob have I loved; but Esau have I hated?” (Psa. 11:5; 7:11; Rom.
9:13). “God is love.” We rejoice in
that. But God’s love is in Christ. In the Bible there is no assurance of God’s
love given to anyone apart from faith in Christ.

Like you, I have heard all
my life that “The Lord Jesus Christ died
to redeem and save all people.” There is no doctrine in all the world more
blasphemous than that. To say that Christ died for all people without exception
is to say that he died for multitudes for whom he refused even to pray. Read it
for yourself in John 17:9 and 20. To say that he died for all without exception
is to say that he died in vain for the multitudes of the damned! That is
blasphemy. It is a blatant declaration that Jesus Christ is a failure! If he s
a failure, he is not God and is not fit to be trusted. The Bible nowhere
teaches or implies that Christ died for, redeemed, or came to save those
multitudes who are at last lost in hell. Those for whom Christ died shall never
die. The Son of God redeemed all whom he came to redeem; and he shall save all
whom he came to save.

We are told by religious
leaders everywhere that “The Holy Spirit
of God is doing all that he can to save all people.” You know that is not
true. There are multitudes to whom the Spirit of God has never even sent his
Word. The Bible says nothing of the Spirit trying to reprove, trying to
convince, or trying to regenerate. The Bible declares, “It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing.”
Have you been turned away from the truth? Have you been turned unto fables? May
God be pleased now to turn you to the truth and cause you to receive the love
of the truth, for Christ’s sake.